Ariel Castro, Man Who Held 3 Women Captive, Found Dead

Ohio Man Was Serving Life in Prison

A Cleveland man who was one month into a life sentence for holding three women captive over a decade and repeatedly raping them was found dead in a Ohio prison Tuesday in what medical officials ruled a suicide.

The crimes of Ariel Castro drew national attention after the three women, who went missing from 2002 to 2004, escaped in May from his house. He held the women captive there using chains and padlocks, prosecutors said. He had...